More pictures and happenings

Luke's BEFORE                        and            AFTER photos

I liked these shots of Andrew because they show how he really feels about having a brother, so HAPPY!!!

Nick and his parents

Andrew looking for something to watch at the hospital and Luke under the lights at home.

Andrew being my "big helper" and showing off his writing skills by writing Luke's name and drawing a picture of him. So cute!

Madelyn showing off her chocolate face and hair do from Grandma Reynolds.

We're loving life with our new baby and the kids are adjusting well, for the most part =). I can't wait to be healed enough to enjoy being outside with the kids and having fun again. 

And with this all going on Nick got straight A's in school this semester!!!! He is amazing!

We also wanted to say a huge thanks to everyone that has helped us out this last week. And especially for Jenn Tukuafu, Lianna Black, and Teresa Andrus for the amazing meals they brought after we came home from the hospital. You guys are the best!

It's a Boy!

Luke Timothy Nielson was born on 15 May 2009 at 8:30 AM via C-section.  He weighed in at 7 lbs. 10.3 oz. and 19 3/4 inches long.  He has dark blonde-reddish hair and is very mellow and snuggly.  Sonja says he looks just like his dad and has little freckles on his nose.  Andrew and Madelyn were very excited to see him.  Madelyn was the funniest...she made me pick her up to see him in his crib, at which point she said several times "ooooh!  baby!!!!".

Here are a few pictures of the new guy!  The boys outnumber the girls now :)

We're almost there

Well, we have less than 48 hours before the little guy's, big debut. I can't believe the time has come and we still don't have a name for him! Nick and I went to Park City this last weekend for a final getaway before the craziness begins and instead of settling on a name, we added to the list of names we like.
I thought it'd be fun for people to add a comment of what they think the baby will weigh and how tall he'll be. Whomever is the closest I'll send them a little treat, so let me know what you think!
Here are Andrew and Madelyn's stats if that matters or helps: 8 lbs 11oz, 21.5 inches and 7 lbs 10 oz, 20 inches. Andrew was 9 days early and Madelyn was 8 days early. This baby will be 9 days early...Good luck!

Funny coincidence...
We bought a crib from a guy on ksl.com and Nick was finally able to put it together, to find that it is broken! I had already bought a changing table from kid to kid that matched the crib, but I had saved the receipt and left on the tag, so if we needed to return it for some reason, we could. We decided to make the defective crib into a toddler bed for Madelyn and change her bed back into a crib for the new baby. Which has a changing table already attached to it. So we headed to kid to kid to return the changing table that we didn't need now, but they wouldn't take it back. Although they informed me they would buy it back at a 40% markdown. No thanks! So I listed it on ksl.com and sold it the next day, and actually made a $1.26 profit. That night Nick was putting Madelyn's new bed together and found that he needed some screws that the defective crib/toddler bed didn't come with, so he headed to Lowe's. After he got home, I jokingly asked him if he had spent my precious profit on the screws. He was downstairs and started laughing because he checked out the receipt and the screws cost $1.26 after tax. What are the odds? So I guess we came out even on everything and I don't feel so gypped any more!

Pictures, like promised

Well we finished the baby's quilt and Madelyn's dress, so here are the pictures I promised. Andrew quillow isn't done quite yet but hopefully we can finish it up this week. It is starting to look really cute and Andrew is super excited about it!
(Don't you love how Andrew is putting his arm over the baby bump?)

The dress cost a whole $3.90 to make!!! How many binkies can YOU see?
Talk about binkie overkill! (There are THREE!!!)


Here are some pictures of the family at Rachel's wedding


Reynolds Family Lafranceschina/Reynolds Family

My family with the kids in order of age. We were so happy that my brother, Jason, was able to come to the reception! The Reynolds Family

All the sisters in the family (including in laws)